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** In the episode "[[Recap/AngelS01E08IWillRememberYou I Will Remember You]]" Angel turns human due to contact with demon blood just as Buffy comes to town and so they spend the day in bed. However Angel decides he needs to remain a vampire in order to help people and atone for his sins, so he begs the PowersThatBe to turn back time a day. Angel remembers; Buffy doesn't.

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** In the episode "[[Recap/AngelS01E08IWillRememberYou I Will Remember You]]" Angel Angel, a vampire who turned evil last time he had sex with his girlfriend, turns human due to contact with demon blood just as Buffy comes to town and so town. At long last able to jump each others' bones they spend the day in bed. However Angel decides he needs to remain a vampire in order to help people and atone for his sins, so he begs the PowersThatBe to turn back time a day. Angel remembers; Buffy doesn't.
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** In the episode "[[Recap/AngelS01E08IWillRememberYou I Will Remember You]]", in which Angel turns human just as Buffy comes to town, so they can spend the day eating peanut butter in bed (and incidentally having lots of sex). It ends up being a disaster, and he needs to beg the PowersThatBe for a do-over. Angel remembers; Buffy doesn't.
** A non-romantic example takes place at the end of season 4, where Angel agrees to take over the LA branch of Wolfram & Hart in exchange for everyone (except him) forgetting about his son Connor, who is given a normal life.

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** In the episode "[[Recap/AngelS01E08IWillRememberYou I Will Remember You]]", in which You]]" Angel turns human due to contact with demon blood just as Buffy comes to town, town and so they can spend the day eating peanut butter in bed (and incidentally having lots of sex). It ends up being a disaster, and bed. However Angel decides he needs to beg remain a vampire in order to help people and atone for his sins, so he begs the PowersThatBe for to turn back time a do-over.day. Angel remembers; Buffy doesn't.
** A non-romantic example takes place at the end of season 4, where Angel agrees to take over the LA branch of Wolfram & Hart in exchange for everyone (except him) forgetting about his son Connor, who is given a normal life.normal, happy life with a loving family.
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** ''One Moment in Time'' later clarifies exactly what happened, and it's ''even stupider''. History changed so they never got married, but in its place, they still had a serious monogamous relationship. Really, the only effect was a change in terminology; Mary Jane is now the "ex-girlfriend" Peter "broke up" with, not the "ex-wife" he "divorced".

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** ''One Moment in Time'' ''ComicBook/OneMomentInTime'' later clarifies exactly what happened, and it's ''even stupider''. History changed so they never got married, but in its place, they still had a serious monogamous relationship. Really, the only effect was a change in terminology; Mary Jane is now the "ex-girlfriend" Peter "broke up" with, not the "ex-wife" he "divorced".
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* Franchise/SpiderMan's ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' storyline does this to Peter and Mary Jane. A rare case of all parties having it wiped from their memories. And yes, it's as stupid as it sounds.
** A followup storyline later clarifies exactly what happened, and it's ''even stupider''. History changed so they never got married, but in its place, they still had a serious monogamous relationship. Really, the only effect was a change in terminology; Mary Jane is now the "ex-girlfriend" Peter "broke up" with, not the "ex-wife" he "divorced".
* This was part of the premise for Creator/GrantMorrison's ''Franchise/{{Superman}} 2000'' proposal: Clark would have to give up his marriage with Lois to a supernatural being in order to save her life, and only he would remember it ever happened.

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* Franchise/SpiderMan's ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': The ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' storyline does this to Peter and Mary Jane. A rare case of all parties having it wiped from their memories. And yes, it's as stupid as it sounds.
** A followup storyline ''One Moment in Time'' later clarifies exactly what happened, and it's ''even stupider''. History changed so they never got married, but in its place, they still had a serious monogamous relationship. Really, the only effect was a change in terminology; Mary Jane is now the "ex-girlfriend" Peter "broke up" with, not the "ex-wife" he "divorced".
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': This was part of the premise for Creator/GrantMorrison's ''Franchise/{{Superman}} ''Superman 2000'' proposal: Clark would have to give up his marriage with Lois to a supernatural being in order to save her life, and only he would remember it ever happened.
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* At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' GrandFinale ''WesternAnimation/PhantomPlanet'', Danny and Sam finally get together, after an entire series of ShipTease. In the graphic novel continuation ''ComicBook/DannyPhantomAGlitchInTime'', in order to undo the damage to the timeline done by Dark Danny, Danny has Clockwork erase all the events that had occurred since the show's third season began, which includes his new relationship with Sam.
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* At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' GrandFinale ''WesternAnimation/PhantomPlanet'', Danny and Sam finally get together, after an entire series of ShipTease. In the graphic novel continuation ''ComicBook/DannyPhantomAGlitchInTime'', in order to undo the damage to the timeline done by Dark Danny, Danny has Clockwork erase all the events that had occurred since the show's third season began, which includes his new relationship with Sam.

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